The United States Honors the Father of Modern Rocketry

Volume 36, Number l October, 1964 The American Air Mail Society A Non-Profit Corporation under the Laws of Ohio Organized 1923 Incorporated 1944 PRESIDENT .Joseph L. Eisendrath 350 No. Deere Park Drive Official Publication of the Highland Park, Illinois AMERICAN AIR MAIL SOCIETY SECRETARY Ruth T. Smith Vol. 36, No. I Issue 413 102 Arbor Road Cinnaminson, N . .T. 08077 TREASURER .John .T. Smith 102 Arbor Road Contents ...... October, 1964 Cinnaminson, N . .T. 08077 VICE-PRESIDENTS Reenactment of an Historic Flight 2 Samuel s. Goldsticker, .Tr. C.A.M. Cover Notes 8 Herman Kleinert Lester S. Manning Dr. Perham C. Nahl AAMS Convenes in New York 10 EDITORS - Other Publications The People Who Were There 15 L. B. Gatchell Geo. D. Kingdom Airs of the Month 16 ATTORNEY George D. Kingdom GHbert and Ellice Islands Honors First SALES MANAGER Air Service 18 Herman Kleinert 213 Virginia Ave., Fullerton, Pa. Annual Report of the President 20 DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN RELATIONS Dr. Max Kronstein Jet Jot·tings 23 AUCTION MANAGER Samuel S. Goldsticker, .Tr. From 1the Editor's Desk 24 ADVANCE BULLETIN SERVICE Paul Bugg Airport Dedications 27 3724 Old York Rd. Baltimore. Md. 21218 Official Section, AAMS 28 TRANSLATION SERVICE Roland F. Kohl · Leutholdstr. 22 Zurich 10/37, Switzerland EDITOR AUDITOR Robert E. Haring 242 Hardenburgh Avenue, Demarest, New Jersey Stuart .T. Malkin ASSISTANT EDITORS DIRECTORS Paul Bugg, Robert E. Haring, .Joseph L. Eisendrath Dr. Max Kronstein Mrs. Florence Kleinert, Dr. Max Ernest A. Kehr L. B. Gatchell Kronstein, George L. Lee, Dr. DEPARTMENT AND ASSOCIATE EDITORS Southgate Leigh, Arthur M. R. Lee Black, N. Pelletier, Florence L. Kleinert. Schmidt, William R. Ware Robert W. Murch, Richard L. Singley, William MEMBERSHIP DUES - $5.00 R. Ware, J'ames Wotherspoon, ,.John Watson, per year William T. Wynn, J'r., Frank Blumenthal, Samuel S. Goldsticker, .Tr., .T. S. Langabeer, M. P. Codd. Include subscription to The AIRPOST .JOURNAL. Appli­ Published monthly at Albion., Erie Co., Pa., U.S.A. cants must furnish two refer­ Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office ences, philatelic preferred. At at Albion, Pa., February 10, 1932, under least one must reside in Appli­ the Act of March 3, 1879. cant's home town. Applicants The AIRPOST .JOURNAL is not conducted for under 21 years must be guaran­ profit. The Editor and all others serve without teed by Parent or Guardian. compensation. Receipts from advertising, sub­ Membership may be terminated scriptions and contributions are applied to the by the Society in accordance betterment of the magazine and the promotion with its By-Laws. of aero-philately. Correspondence concerning sub­ scriptions. back numbers and The Editor and Officers of The American Air bound volumes, address changes Mail Society assume no responsibility for the and other matters and all re­ accuracy of statements made by contributors. mittances should be sent to the Every effort is made to insure correctness of Treasurer. All general com­ all articles. munications and advertising Subscription Rates: $5.00 per year, 45c per copy. should be sent to the Editor. Advertising Rate Card available from the Editor PUBLIC AUCTION Wednesday Evening, November 4 The "Thomas A. Matthews" Collection of UNITED STATES AIRPOST ISSUES comprising e CLASSIC EARLY ITEMS, including the unique "Jupiter" Bal­ loon cover of 1859; the 1877 Buffalo Balloon 5c adh esive in two tete-beche pairs and a single; the unique Cal Rodgers 25c Vin Fiz adhesive and als o one of the four copies u sed on a card. e RARE ESSA Y1S, PROOFS AND COLOR TRIALS, man y being u­ nique "officially approved" proofs; also a set of Zeppelin large d ie proofs. • ISSU.ED STAMPS, wirth t he ever popular "24 cent invert," and m any unique part perf. errors. e POSTAL STATION.ERY, great rarities from the "Holmes" and other important ·collections. • ROCKET MAIL, a fine representation with .original drawings of essays and accepted designs, concluding with the first Oftfi cial Guided Missile Mail. e CANAL ZON·E AND PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, including r arities. The deluxe catalogue is now ready. D. R. HARM;ER, Ine. The World's Leading Stamp A uctioneers 6 West 48th Street, New York, N.Y. 10036 (212) PLaza 7·4460 50th Anniversa·ry of Scheduled Airlines - Ree·nactment of an Historic Flight By Charles A. Koch

After reading newspaper accounts of • to learn more about the up-coming cele­ the planned construction of a replica ·of bration. the 1914 Benoist Airboat for the purpose Through the television station I of retracing the flight made by Tony learned that the replica was being built Jannus between St. Pete.rsburg' and Tam­ at the H & H Cabinet Shop, ope.rated by pa, I decided to get pictures of the plane L. J. Hass and his son, in West Tampa. while it was being built in Tampa. I This shop had been commissioned by the planned to attempt to have some covers Tampa and St. Petersburg Chambers of carried on the flight, at which time I Commerce and other sponsors. Super­ would also take photos of the event and vising the work \Vas Burrell Tibbs, who any celebrities taking part. had helped build the original Benoist The 50th Annive.rsary of the First Airboat and was Jannus' mechanic on Scheduled Airline in the world marked most of the flights made out of St. Louis. an important milestone in aviation his- Tibbs brought a mass of original p.rints

Replica of the Historic Benoist Airboat Churns through the Water near St. Petersburg's Million Dollar Pier after Ii Failed to Take Off. tory, and, if it was deemed significant and specifications with him from Okla­ enough to warrant building an $8,000 homa City, his present residence. replica to make the 23-mile reenact­ I spent several hours inspecting the ment flight, I felt that some air mail unfinished craft, interviewing Tibbs, tak­ surely ought to go along on the flight ing a number of pictures and obtaining to mark it philatelically. Tibbs' autograph on several blank air mail envelopes for future use. All of this As work progressed on the ship, there happened about D ecemb ~r 15; it ap­ were television movie-news reports al­ peared that the reenactment flight and most nightly, in addition to local press celebration were scheduled for January coverage. As the fuselage began to take 11. Asking if the plane might not be shape, I decided to make a trip to Tam­ ready by January 1 (the actual anniver­ pa to take some photos of the plane and sary date of the first flight on the route 2 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, OCTOBER, 1964 in 1914), both Tibbs and Hass assured extra covers and stamps, and group of old me that the Benoist replica would be photos and ·clippings for possible auto­ completed by the first of the yea.r. Their graphing, I headed north and across the estimate was "seven more days," which Sunshine Skyway Bridge to St. Peters­ would have had the craft finished by burg. Stopping first at the Chamber of Christmas. Why the 11th was chosen Commerce, I learned that a cachet had was unexplained then and to my knowl­ been planned but had been forgotten in edge no reason has turned up since. The the rush. The secretary showed me two only reason I can think of was that it a­ plain air mail envelopes which a collector voided New Year's Day and the holi­ had forwarded for mailing on the 11th. day period. (Editor's Note: We may have one of At any rate I was determined to have these ser.t by another member. Any other some anniversary covers cancelled on covers to report?) This was the only the 1st, for history's sake. Although I philatelic mail they had knowledge of. made a number of inquiries, I could not I did obtain half a dozen C of C busi­ ·locate anyone sponsoring a cachet or ness envelopes on which a nice inscrip­ special envelope for the event. To cover tion concerning the 50th Anniversary, all normal possibilities, I forwarded a with a Benoist Airboat background, few ready-to-mail envelopes to the served as the retu.rn address at the upper Chambers of Commerce and the Post­ left corner. I felt these would make a masters in both Tampa and St. Peters­ nice variety of cover in addition to the burg with requests to apply any re­ ones I had '='repared. .lated cachets and to mail them on Jan­ A luncheon was scheduled for the uary 1. They all came through OK but Soreno Hotel with Igor Sikorsky as prin­ had no specia~ markings of any kind, ex­ cipal speaker so I drove there next. I cept the Postmasters' signatures. was fortunate enough to meet Mr. Si­ The.refore, I proceeded to design a korsky in the lobby as he was arriving. cachet and apply it to a number of cov­ With a crowd of notables around I was ers at home. As I decided to reproduce able to get only a few autographs, but, it by mimeograph, I made up a master noting that Sikorsky had inquired about design showing a map of the Tampa­ his room, I asked if I might see him in St. Petersburg area in a square which just his room for the purpose of taking some fit on the left side of the envelopes. pictures. He wished to rest before the I copied the Tampa Bay area from a luncheon but agreed to allow me a few road map and drew a dotted line, repre­ minutes. So we took the elevator together senting the route flown - from St. Peters­ and proceeded to his room. I offered him burg's Municipal Pier, across the bay to a number of items for autographing while Tampa's Hillsborough River, terminus of I assembled my came.ra's flash attach­ the flight. At top and bottom was in­ ment which happened to take just the scribed "50th Anniversary" and "First amount of time it took him to sign every­ Commercial Air Line, Pilot Tony Jan­ thing. I took two pictures of him. Among nus, 1914 - 1964." As an added touch, I the material signed was a copy of his also inserted a small, outline sketch of book, the Story of the Winged S, s&v­ the airboat. After getting the machine eral pictorial articles, and covers and to work smoothlv, and printing the mual pictures of him and his test pilot Boris number of smudged ones, I ended up Sergievsky which I had taken at the 1933 with a number of cacheted covers which All American Air Races in Chicago. He were satisfactory. was most interested in seeing the ma­ Two evenings were spent printing the terial and pleased that such items were cachets, stuffing and addressing the cov­ parts of a particular form of collecting. ers and affixing a variety of commemora­ Remembering that most post offices tives which I always keep on hand for close at noon on Saturdays, I excused dressing up philatelic covers. myself as soon as possible, thanking Mr. On the morning of January 11, loaded Sikorsky for his time and autographs. with cameras, film, air mail envelopes, (Please Turn Page) THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, OCTOBER, 1964 3 Hurrying to the open-air post office in Sikorsky's speech was very interesting downtown St. Petersburg, I luckily met and humorous as he related his ea,rly the superintendent just as the office was efforts in flying and his difficulties in closing. All the haste was in ain, though, constructing a helicopter that would fly. as he informed me that the office did Incidently, h e is credited with being its not have a cancelling device of any kind! inventor as well as a pioneer in rnulti­ It seems that all mail is cancelled at the engined planes. Among those at the main Post Office located miles away on speaker's table were the Mayor of St. the west side of the city. He gave me Petersburg, Herman Goldne,r, and Capt. directions and I may have broken a speed H. T. "Dick" Merrill, who was ched­ law or two as I was determined to get uled to pilot the Benoist replica on the my covers postmarked on that date and reenactment flight. As most collectors in St. Petersburg. My plan then was to know, Merrill is a veteran Eastern Air get them carried on the reenactment Lines air mail pilot (now .retired), came flight, and, of cou.rse, end up with a through two air mail crashes, made a Tampa backstamp. round trip transatlantic flight with Rich­ Finding the post office dosed, I made mond in 1936 and made a second one, my way around to the back and knocked the Coronation film flight with Lambie, on the door until a postal clerk re­ in 1937. sponded. He stated that the postmaster and his assistant had already left, but, on my insistence, he agreed to summon any available official. He ended up with a foreman and I explained to him that I had the mail to be carried on the cele­ bration flight, that it should be post­ marked January 11, preferably 3 P.M. (time of the reenactment flight) , and that I must get it back, after cancelling, so that it could be carried on the flight and later ba-ckstamped at Tampa. W e agreed on everything except that he could not set the date up to 3 P.M. This I conceded and handed him the pack of covers which I had wrapped in C. Burrell Tibbs (left), Builder of a plastic bag to protect them £rom spray the Replica Airboat, Talks with Vet­ in the open cockpit Benoist. After what eran Eastern Pilot Dick Merrill. seemed an interminable length of time Following some picture-taking I cor­ (during which I envisioned him chang­ nered Merrill long enough to get his ing his mind regarding the return of the autograph on some selected items, a­ covers), he opened the door and handed mong which we..re news photos of him me the bundle of covers. I thanked him carrying th e mail in 1931, with the for his trouble and raced for my 'Car as Benoist Airboat, and his two transat­ I wanted to get back downtown to the lantic flights, and one of the covers from Soreno Hotel and perhaps hear some or his December 19, 1936, Milford, Pa. all of Sikorsky's address. A I drove I crash. It was at this time, during the thumbed through the envelopes and conversation with Dick, that I learned noted that they were all nieely can­ that plans to fly the Benoist replica had celled ... at 3 P.M.! been abandoned and that Mer.rill ·Would With parking at a premium, I found retrace th e route in a new 1964 Lake a spot on a back street and slipping amphibian. He would be accompanied through the hotel's kitchen, entered the by the owner, Capt. William O'Donnell banquet room by the waiters' entrance. of St. Petersburg, -and that city's mayor. Luncheon was just over and the pro- While I was explaining to Merrill my gram about to start. reques t to have the souvenir covers car- 4 THE AIRPOST J.QURNAL, OCTOBER, 1964 ,ried on the flight, the gentleman next to him at the speakers' table leaned over, We are philatelic auctioneers remarked that he had overheard the con­ versation, and expressed a deside to ob­ and specialize tain one of the envelopes for his wife, who was a stamp and cover collector of in providing sorts. As I began to write down his ad­ a competitive market dress I was surprised to discover that it was Mayor Goldner. for stamp collections I immediately assured him that he would get one of t11e covers, as he was and other philatelic properties to have charge of them on the reenact­ ment flight! He advised me to hand Over 35 years' experience them to him just before takeoff, which was due in half an hour. assures the maximum As the point of takeoff was scheduled in results to be near the Municipal Pier, I decided to walk the six blocks from the hotel and Your inquiry is welcomed avoid the traffic jam. On arrival I noted no planes in the water and a patrolman informed me that the takeoff had been IRWIN HEIMAN, rescheduled for Albert Whitted Airport, Inc. five blocks south. So that necessitated a dash back to the rear of the hotel and 2 West 46th Street New York, N.Y. Telephone: JUdson 2-2393 Suite 708 a hurried ridt< to the Whitted parking lot. An airport spokesman advised me Serving American Philately Since 1926 that anothe,r change had been made in the plane and the two planes had just left for the causeway near the Municipal Pier where the takeoff would be made as originally scheduled. (It was now 2:50 P.M. and it seemed destined that there was going to be a historic flight without AIR POST NEW ISSUES any covers). With a bundle of covers in one hand and camera case in the other, I made a run to the car and fought traf­ OF THE ENTIRE fic to within four blocks of the crowded causeway. There was now no place to park anywhere, so with time running out, I drove into the officials' parking WORLD area on the causeway. Three natrolmen waved me back as I shouted that I had the "official" mail which had to get on boa.rd the plane. Presented with this sit­ PAMPHLET UPON REQUEST uation, they permitted me to park on an intersection. I knew this was taking a chance, but by now I was obsessed with the idea of getting those covers on the plane before takeoff. Nicolas Sanabria Co. Inc. Piling out of the car I made my way through the crowd to the speakers' stand A. MEDAWAR, PRESIDENT where, fortunately, speechmaking, as it usually does, was causing the program 521 Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y. 10017 to be slightly behind schedule. During (Turn to Next Page) THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, OCTOBER, 1964 5 REENACTMENT FLIGHT - ter; no step haMails in ap­ After the Lake and the Benoist circled plying the Tampa backstamp, and, as he each other for several minutes before the handed them back to me, I had com­ crowd, Me.rrill's plane finally took off pleted a long day in the life of a cover and made two passes overhead before collector, and su.rprisingly had accom­ starting across Tampa Bay. The original plished nearly everything I had planned. telegraph instrument that was used dur­ It had started to rain but I decided ing the 1914 flight tapped out a message to visit the cocktail party which pre­ to Tampa: "Flying boat took off at 3:38 ceded the 50th Anniversary Banquet to P.M. Now enroute to Tampa." In 17 be held at the Tampa Ter,race Hotel that minutes the reenactment flight was over evening. I felt that it would be a good as the ship landed at Tampa's Peter 0. and final chance to contact any addition­ Kniq;ht Seaplane Base where a host of al aviation celebrities for autographs be­ local dignita.ries and airline officials were fore I drove home. I obtained several waiting. Immediately a message was banquet tickets for scrapbook purposes flashed back to St. Petersburg that the and chatted a short while with Merrill flight had been completed. This message and Tibbs, who emphatiCally stated that was transmitted by the actual telegraph he was still going to make that ai.rboat key that announced to the world the fly! Wright Brothers' first flight at Kitty Hawk. Merrill also carried with him one As I reached the hotel entrance, about of the ping pong balls which had stuffed to depart, I was faced with a virtual the wings of his transatlantic plane in cloudburst. Since it appeared that it 1936. would not let up for some time, I While awaiting the .return of the re­ changed my mind about leaving and enactment plane I watched the dismant­ decided to remain for the banquet. ling of the Benoist and its departure by Over 600 attended the affair. Signifi­ truck to Tampa International Airport cantly 20 airlines were .represented by where it would join a display of other their presidents or vice-presidents. Others antique and modern planes. Among the present were the son of Mayor Pheil, older craft in the static display were a 'who was the passenger on that first 1929 Stinson Detroiter and a 1933 Waco. flight back in 1914; and of cou.rse Mer­ The crowd also enjoyed some exhibition rill, Sikorsky and Tibbs. Stuart Tipton, glider flying. President of the Air Transport Associa­ Still waiting I talked with ·crew mem­ tion, made the first annual award of the bers and learned some of the probable new Tony Jannus Trophy, given to the reasons why the Benoist replica never person contributing the most to the avia­ became airborne. The replica weighed tion industry. The recipient was Okla­ 1,738# against 1,400# for the original, homa's Senator A. S. "Mike" Monroney, causing the ship to ride low in the wa- who accepted in person. 6 THE AIRPOST .JOURNAL, OCTOBER, 1964 Principal speaker was Lt. Col John A. pnsmg collector can do when an aero­ "Shorty" Powers, "Voice of the Astro­ nautic event of significance is not "of­ nauts," from Cape Kennedy. His most ficially recognized," philatelically speak­ interesting speech covered activities at ing, by its sponsor. However, we do the Cape and data on the ·coming not urge any of you to rush out and "Moon Shots." The speakers and airline emulate Mr. Koch .for several reasons, representatives each received an eight­ the primary one being that one might inch, gold, inscribed ashtray, showing get into a bit of trouble with the Post the Benoist Airboat, as a souvenir. Office! Mr. Koch was lucky in getting both postmark and backstamp on his covers, which we.re actually never of­ ficially carried in the mails, being han­ dled "in person" by the Mayor. Back­ stamping of items other than Special .Delivery and certain other categories of mail is strictly forbidden by postal reg­ ulations, but obviously on occasions like this some postal employees take pity on collectors and do them a favo.r. If any reader would like to secure covers from the special flight (they are the long, legal size) write Mr. Koch at 252 Palm Grove Avenue, Englewood, Florida, for information. Programs and clippings are also available. ) • ABOUT OUR COVER - The Author (r ight) Handing Souvenir The new Be airmail stamp, issued Oc­ Covers to St. P etersburg's Mayor tober 5 at Roswell, New Mexico, honor­ Herman Goldner. ing Dr. Robert Goddard, the father of modern rocketry, is featured on our TI1e F ebruary issue of Between Our­ cover this month. selves, Trans-Canada Air Lines' company magazine,

NEWS- • Lose It" Investigation. This decision re- One of the most important cases to sulted in no new service that we might come before the CAB in many months be interested in and, except for minor is the Northwest-Southwest Area Case, changes, largely involved the te,rmina­ investigation of which was started on tion of West Coast's authority to serve August 14. Although the name of this Bellingham, Wash., Cut Bank-Shelby, case would indicate that it might in­ Mont., and Logan, Utah, and new non­ volve service limited to those parts of stop services by United. the United States geographically located Although formal award has not been in the northwest and southwest parts made, a CAB examiner has recommend­ of the country, such is not the case. In ed that Ozark serve Terre Haute, In­ fact, it involves service to the cities of diana, on Route #107. The review of Kansas City and St. Louis, extending service to Ter.re Haute involves consid­ northwest to the states of Washington, eration as to whether TWA, which has Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, and served that city since 1942, should con­ Colo.rado and southwest to Kansas, New tinue to provide trunkline service there. Mexico, OJdahoma, Texas, and Louisi­ Lake Central also serves Terre Haute ana. It is our opinion that due to the and has requested autho.rity to extend scope of this investigation an! the large service from Terre Haute to St. Louis. area. involved, the final decision will in­ However, Ozark presently operates be­ volve two or more of the trunklines. tween St. Louis and Indianapolis and The decision is this case may be a year the examiner decided that the addition or .more in the future but when finally of Terre Haute to Route #107 would reached will no doubt result in consid­ provide the latter point with bette.r east­ erable route changes and extensions with west service through connections at St. resultant listable flights. Louis and Indianapolis. In the decision involving the United We understand that Ozark has also Air Lines Competitive Investigation filed an application with the CAB to re­ which has recently been announced (see sume service to Memphis. As will be Bulletin in the September issue) both recalled, Ozark inaugurated service to American Airlines and Northwest Air­ Memphis in 1951 but the service was lines were awarded new nonstop au­ discontinued in 1954 when the CAB thority. Service by American involves revised Route #107. The present appli­ Cleveland and New York-Newark. cation requests an extension of Route No.rthwest received nonstop authority #107 from Kansas City to Memphis between Chicago and Cleveland, Cleve­ with stops at Springfield, Mo., and Har­ land and Philadelphia and between De­ rison and Little Rock, Arkansas, con­ troit and Philadelphia. The only item tinuing beyond Memphis to Cape Gir­ of interest to us in this case is the addi­ ardeau to connect with service presently tion of Philadelph'ia to Northwest's provided by Ozark. route. CHRONICLE - The Board has also announced a de­ AM ROUTE #103 - EXTENSION cision in the Service to Spokane Case TO SAN RAFAEL, CALIF.: It will be and the West Coast Airlines "Use It or recalled that on November 27, 1963, the 8 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, OCTOBER, 1964 CAB awarded San Francisco and O ak~ several pieces. This same orew re-\ land Helicopter Airlines, Inc., authority turned to San Francisco AMF via Flight to serve several additional cities in the #312 which departed the Marin Coun­ San F.rancisco-Oakland Area. The car­ ty heliport at 7: 16 A.M. and ar.rived at rier has not carried out any of the the San Francisco AMF at 7 :30 A.M. service provided by the November, 1963, with only 27 pieces of mail, postmarked a ward except for an eA.'tension from San with an "AM" postmark at San Rafael Francisco AMF to San Rafael, Calif., and given an "AM" backstamp on ar­ which was inaugurated on February 15, rival at San Francisco AMF. No official 1964. cachets were used. Se,rvice to San Rafael was inaugurated In connection with the additional pro­ without any advance publicity and there­ posed service on Route # 103 a word fore most collectors failed to receive o.f explanation might be appropriate at covers from the inaugural flights. thi · time. The award of November 27, 1963, gave the carrier authority to se.rve However, a few covers are in existence Palo Alto, Sunnyvale and a point in the which have been authenticated by Post Orinda-Lafayette-Walnut Creek Area. Office Department records. Covers from Service to these points has not been San Francisco AMF carry an "AM" post­ inaugurated at this writing. In the mean­ mark of February 15, 1964 and were time, the line has filed an application given an "AM" backstamp of the same with the CAB for authority to operate date at San Rafael. This dispatch con­ . hoverc,ra.ft on an experimental basis o­ sisted of 227 pieces of mail and was ver this route. Under present policy dispatched via Flight #311 which was maintained by the Federal Aviation A­ in charge of Capt. Arthur G. Tobey gency, any vehicle deriving support with Capt. B.1:uce F . De Haas serving from a cushion of air between the ve~ hide and the surface of the earth does not come within the scope of "air­ craft" fo.r regulatory purposes by the CAB. It is not known which agencies have conducted meetings to determine which might be responsible for regula­ tion of service provided ·by hovercraft. Strange as it may seem, what started out · to b e helicopter service on AM Route # 103 may eventually result in a new phase of collecting. Anyone for hovercraft covers?

NEW B.EA AIR• LETTER Inauguration - of Service to Marin LABELS ISSUED County Heliport - John Barch (left"), Staff Vice President, .Tw A; San British European Airways issues its Francisco Helicopter Airlines' Pres­ ·own air lette.r labels and three new ident Mike Baga; 'TWA Hostess Kathi ones, designed by the well-known Slater; and the helicopter airline's Michael Goaman and steel engraved by Director of Sales, Dan Reid, Jr. Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. were issued (right). May 27, Western Stamp Collector re­ ports. as check pilot. This flight departed San They show the new Hawker Siddeley Francisco AMF at 7 A.M. and arrived Triple Jet Trident aircraft, pow~ed by at the Marin County Heliport, serving three Rolls-Royce Spey engines, which San Rafael, at 7: 14 A.M. It is under- came into use on April 1. stood that the majority of the mail dis- Denomin ations are one shilling, one patched via this flight was commercial shilling and eight pence, and two sh il­ with collector mail amounting to a mere lings and seven pence. THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, OCTOBER, 1964 9 AAMS Convenes in New York

A relatively small group of AAMS • i. e., dispensing either too much change members gathered at the Statler-Hilton or the w,rong items! Remember that this Hotel on New York's west side over is an experimental machine! The Con­ Labor Day weekend to enjoy the at- vention Post Office also sold the Mont­ tractions of the nation's largest metrop- gomery Blair 15c airmails, now re­ olis, talk airmails, visit the World's Fair moved from sale at the Agency, and at Flushing Meadow Park, and just cancelled souvenir covers for those pres­ incidentally to transact some of the So- ent. The Society's special Convention ciety's pressing business at the 4lst cacheted covers almost sold out. Anniversary Convention. The attendance No formal events were scheduled by was a bit smaller than the Committee the Committee for Friday evening as it had hoped for, partly due to the ten- was felt that many members would want dency of most New Yorkers to head for to take in a Broadway show or some coole.r climes outside . ~e city ?n holi- of the many other nighttime attrac­ day weekends, a rehg10us holiday on tions that New York offers. Your Editor Sunday and Monday, and the failure of. attended a meeting of the Philatelic the World's Fair to act as the expected Press Club at which Georges Medawar, big drawing card for out-of-towners. publisher of Sanabria's Airpost Cata­ ~eve~heless, quite a few ~embers put logue, was the speaker, and then re­ m bnef appearances, especially on Sat- turned to the Statler-Hilton for the "In­ urday when most of the Co~;ention formal Meeting of the APJ Staff" which program was scheduled. The human had been scheduled. This meeting side" - who was who at the Conven- turned out to be very informal indeed tion - will be reported by "Uncle Sam" as it seemed most of our staff was "out Goldsticker in a special edition of his on the town" and only three people regular column in this issue, illustrated appeared! \Ve discussed briefly the by candid shots of some of the attendees. problems facing the AP] as reported to On Friday, September 4, the Con­ the Convention on Saturday and in our vention opened and members began to report printed in this issue. And so to assemble and register. One of the first bed on Friday. people they ran into was Vice-President Saturday brought an eventful Annual Herman Kleinert who staffed the Regis­ Meeting which was opened by Presi­ tration Desk for much of the two days dent Eisendrath shortly after 10:30 A.M. it was open and whose efforts the.re and began with the usual annual re­ should not be overlooked. The Special ports from Bob Haring, Editor of The Convention Station Post Office was o­ Airpost Journal, Secretary Ruth Smith, pen on Friday and Saturday only and Treasurer John Smith, and the P.resi­ did a good business, selling both com­ dent. All of these reports were accepted memorative and airmail stamps. The 80c and will be printed in this and later is­ booklet, previously reported on these sues. The Secretary's Report prompted pages, was a big seller, with the third some discussion of ways to expand our variety on sale (the same one now membe.rship and several suggestions being sold by the Philatelic Agency in were made. Lou Fischbach suggested Washington). Your Editor and seve,ral that the possibility of classes of mem­ other members visited the New York bership be explored, with members who Post Office on Saturday in an attempt were willing to do so contributing a to obtain some of the elusive second larger sum and being specifically desig­ variety from the vending machine there, nated as Sponsors, Patrons, etc. It was but the machine was nowhere to be pointed out that many members al.ready found and we learned that it was out of donate extra sums when paying dues. service due to mechanical difficulties, Florence Kleinert proposed special rates 10 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, OCTOBER, 1964 for Juniors, which would not include a been given and no new business brought subscription to The Airpost Journal, but up, the meeting had to be ,recessed for would include all the other Society ben- lunch. Everyone dispersed, with your efits. This idea was aimed primarily at editor and a group visiting the Post those juniors who were directly con- Office as described previously. After nected with regular membe,rs of the So- lunch the Society's business resumed ciety, but it possibly could he adapted and a few late-comers, including Herb in some manner to attract more mem- Rosen, of INTERPEX, USIPEX, etc. hers from the "younger set." These pro- and Dave Lidman of The New York posals were .referred to the Membership Times and the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Recruiting Committee and the President Committee were greeted. for joint study. Ed Lettick's suggested The Sales Manager's Report was giv­ change in the subscription rate for The en by Florence Kleinert for her husband Airpost Journal to non-members, lib.rar- who was still "on duty" at the Registra­ ies, etc. was referred to the Member- tion Desk; Florence then gave her own. ship Recruiting and Publications Com- Chapter Chai.rman's Report and in­ mittees for investigation. One of the formed members of t11e progress of An­ thoughts behind the idea was to make thony Delrberato's efforts to redevelop it easier fo.r our Journal to be placed in tlie Cleveland Air Mail Society, which libraries where it would possibly he has been the major event of importance read by more prospective members. in the Chapter Department during the The Treasure.r's Report indicated that year. It is hoped that this Chapter will the Society is financially healthy, with begin to function actively again tl1is Catalogue sales over the past year hav- fall. ing enabled the General Fund to he Bart Gatchell then gave the Publica­ repaid the mohey transferred as a "loan" tions Committee report and offered his to the Catalogue Fund. However, the regrets that his recent serious illness had need for mo.re Catalogue Supplements in hampered the publication of mo.re Cata­ the coming year will use up some of logue Supplements during the past year. the available funds. Apparently the 1964 However, the year ahead looks promis­ dues increase has not caused any ap- ing as additional CAM, Jet, and Airport preciable drop in membership as had Dedication Supplements are expected to been feared when it was approved so be issued, together with a chronological our income prospects are good. Never- Index to Volume III, compiled by Mike theless, a sharp watch on our funds Codd. Work is expected to get under­ has been and will be kept by our way in updating some long-neglected Treasurer so that we can maintain our sections of the Catalogue, such as FAM's present fiscal status and at tl1e same and Air Mail Stamps, and Bart will ex­ time use our funds to promote aero- ert all possible effort in this area. philately through our publications and The publication of a Space-Rocket other means. Catal ogue was again discussed and ap- Auction Manager Goldsticker re- proved, pending selection of the appro­ ported on his activities and advised that priate Editorial Staff by the Publica­ no formal sale would be held during the tions Committee. The biggest problem Convention because of New Yo,rk City faced by this venture, other than per­ Tax and license restrictions. A mail sale sonnel, is establishing listing standards will be held in the very near future and criteria. Dr. Matejka suggested sev­ and will be listed in The Airpost Journal. eral persons to assist with this publica­ Bid generously on all lots you can use tion and Perry Zwisler offered to help. and if you have more material to sell APJ Editor Bob Haring advised that o,r donate to the Society, let Sam Gold- he had a Checklist of U.S. Rocket Items sticker know now! We can have more which could either be published in The than one mail sale this year if we get Airpost Journal or separately as a possi­ the material to sell. ble forerunner to an actual catalogue. Since all of the reports had not yet This list was compiled by a non-mem- THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, OCTOBER, 1964 11 ber and should prove of much interest through the persuasion of Past Presi­ when put in print. dent Dr. Matejka, the Society voted to Secretary Ruth Smith advised that join the Federation Internationale des seven people had been members contin­ Societes Aerophilateliq.ues (FISA). This uously for 35 years and in accordance is an international group of airpost so­ with our policy were eligible to become cieties, of which, in the United States, Life Members, with future dues waived. our Chicago Chapter, Jack Knight; the These membe.rs, Dr. George W. Brands, Hocket Mail Society; and the Aer{i Elmer C. Carvey, Orian E. Green, Mrs. Philatelists, Inc. are members. It was Florence Kleinert, William Ladue, Char­ felt by thGse present that the Society les E. Monroe, and Robert Rubsamen, would gain much international prestige were congratulated and designated as by affiliating with FISA. The proposed Life Members by the Convention. affiliation has been brought up on sev­ The Society voted to have a Lounge eral occasions in the past few years, but at the INTERPEX show in New York no action was taken because of the cost next Ma.rch, for the second year in a of affiliation measured against the ben­ row. Editor Bob Haring and Vice Pres­ efits to be derived therefrom. However, ident Sam Goldsticker were later ap­ after a heated discussion and ove.r the pointed Co-Chairmen for this event and opposition of some who felt that the details should be released shortly on AAMS would lose a degree of its auton­ AAMS participation. We may have an omy, affiliation with FISA was voted. exhibit as well as a Lounge. Anyone Dr. Matejka was to formerly present the who would be interested in exhibiting application at the FISA meeting in Lon­ material should contact Sam Goldsticke.r don in September and we will have more at once so we can plan accordingly. to report on this as it develops. Two major decisions regarding the The second decision made in New future of the Society, both immediate York established Chicago as the site of and long .range, were then made by the our 1965 ·convention, the first time in Convention. At the suggestion and (Turn to Page 14)

Who's Who in the Photos on Page· 13 I. The Special Convention Sta:tion Pos:t Office in the Stal:ler-HiUon. 2. Annual B.usiness Mee:ting, President Joe .Eisendrath Reports, Secretary Ruth •Smith Records.

3. Some of the Interested (?) Audience at Saturday's Business Session. Left to Right - Treasurer John Smith (holding his head); Bart Gatchell (in the back); Lou Fischbach (holding up the Hilton's column); Editor Bob Haring in the foreground with Art Schmidi immediately behind. Ed Let­ tick is in the white shirt behind Art and two other members whom we can't identify are partly visible. 4. The U.S. Post Office and INTERP.EX-USIPEX at the Banquet. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Hodziewich (seated left) with Herbert Rosen (standing) and his wife (seated right).

5. Some of the Ladies and ~ How Did He Get Here? Mrs. Kathryn Kingdom, Art Schmidt, Mrs. Connie Gatchell, and Mrs. Gladys Eisen­ drath prepare to dine. 6. Ben Sherwood of American Airlines addresses the group while two Past Presidents, George Kingdom and Bart Gatchell, contemplate his re­ marks at the head table.

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3 6 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, OCTOBER, 1964 13 several yea.rs that a location has been on the now famous (or infamous) 80c picked so far ahead. Dr. Matejka was experimental ai,rmail booklets and stated given the floor and on behalf of Jack that the Post Office hoped to issue at Knight and the Rocket Mail Society in­ least one new airmail stamp per year, vited us to Chicago. Invitations we.re al­ citing the Earhart and Goddard issues so received from Baltimore, Chicago, as examples. In closing Stanley remarked Springfield, Illinois, and Las Vegas, but that "you have someone in Washington were not formally acted upon as it who has the collector at heart." To this seemed the majority of the group was we say amen, and thanks to Stanley inclined to go to Chicago. So it's Chi­ for all his help and efforts on behalf cago in '65! There will probably be an of AAMS and collectors. exhibition connected with our Conven­ Next on the program was the featured tion and full details will appear in the speaker of the evening, Mr. Ben E. Sher­ Journal when they are worked out after wood, Director, Government Cargo Traf­ the Convention Committee is appointed. fic, American Airlines, whose topic was The Convention expressed the grati­ "Commercial Air Transportation as a tude of the Society to Ruth and Past Power for Peace." We hope to be able to President John Smith for their years of publish his speech in full in a coming work in the ,rather thankless jobs of Sec­ issue. Mr. Sherwood ,related the salient retary and Treasurer. President Eisen­ points in the growth of air transport in drath had added his own thanks to the the 25 years since the first transatlantic Smiths in his Report earlier. After pas­ airmail and his talk was well received sing resolutions thanking the Statle,r­ by all attending. Hilton Hotel, the U.S. Post Office De­ After the speech Pres.ident Eisendrath partment, United Nations Postal Admin­ commented hriefly on the Society's two istration, and Pan American World Air­ major awards, the George W. Angers ways for their aid to the Convention, and Walter ]. Conrath Memorial~ and the business meeting was adjourned and turned the program over to Past Presi­ members departed to rejoin later in the dent George D. Kingdom for announce­ evening for the Annual Banquet. ment of the winne,r of this year's Con­ Following a brief cocktail period the rath Award. George announced that the Society gathered in the Pennsylvania­ Committee, composed 9f previous A­ Cornell Rooms for an excellent full ward winners, had decided to give the course broiled chicken dinner. Presi­ Award this year to Lester S. Manning, dent Eisendrath acted as toastmaster our Vice President from Detroit. and between courses, assisted by Sam Les, who usually attends all our Con­ Goldsticker, gave away flight bags which ventions, was unable to be present this had been donated as door prizes by year, so the actual presentation of the Pan American World Airways, American eng,rossed certificate will be made at a Airlines, United Air Lines and New York later date in Detroit. As most of you Airways. We had almost enough prizes know Les Manning has been a tireless for everyone to be a winner, hut not and hard worker for the Society which quite. It seemed that certain tables and has put -his artist's touch and pen to families "cornered the ma.rket" on the work on many occations. He drew all p.rizes but there was no hint of collusion the maps for the three volumes of the anywhere that we could ·observe! American Air Mail Catalog.ue and has Following the dinner. Joe Eisendrath been constantly prevailed upon to letter introduced the officers, wives and the certificates, design special artwork, and distinguished guests, one of whom was for other projects to which his talents Honorary Life Member Stanley Hodzie­ were suited. He is truly deserving of this wich, Chief, Philatelic Staff, U.S. Post honor bestowed upon him by the So­ Office Department. Stanley greeted those ciety he has served so well. present and invited us all to Roswell, After this announcement, Sam . Gold­ New Mexico for the first day of the sticker made a ·brief .report on the Goddard 8c airmail! He also commented (Continued on Page 2'6) 14 THE AIRPOST .JOURNAL, OCTOBER, 1964 The People Who Were There By Sam Goldsticker

• (they toured th e Fair while he attend- ed AAMS functions) and Adm. Jesse Johnson and his wife from Norfolk, Vir­ gi.."lia; Perry Zwi_sler and his wife from Holyoke, Mass.; Ed Lettick, member #5000, from ·west Haven, Connecticut; the Kleinerts (including Bruce) from Allentown, Penna.; Director Art Schmidt from Lindenwold, N.J.; and of course om hard-working team of Ruth and John Smith from Cinnaminson, New Jersey. Among the local people I spoke with were Connfo and Bart Gatchell; Harry Gordon; Mr. and Mr·. Herbert Rosen; Dave Lidman; Philip Sil er; Milt Ehr­ lich; Jet Columnist Mike Codd; Ku.rt Moses; Lou Fischbach; Editor Bob Har­ ing; Jack Donoghue, new President of the MACC; Walter Feeney; Steve Four ''Yank'ees,'' John Smith, Bob Maldony's brother Mike; A. Lewandow­ Haring, Bart Gatchell (hidden) and ski, better known to aerogramme Ruth Smith in a Heated Discussion collectors as LA VA; Dr. Arthur Pesin; with Dr. Southgate Leigh of the Bob Lyon; Ha.rrison Huster; William "Old Dominion" (at left). Ehrmann; E. Paul Bender; Jack Finkle; Ernie Kehr and others. Of course, we This column is being written just cannot overlook mentioning our two after the conclusion of our 1964 Annu­ honored guests, Stanley Hodziewich of al Convention while memories of it till (Continued on Page 26) linge.r in my mind. Although our at­ tendance was not too high, those who were present had a most enjoyable time renewing old acquaintances, sightseeing in New York City, and going to the World's F·air. Too bad more of you could not attend, but as the old prov­ erb goes we hope to have "better luck icext time." It was good seeing many of our out­ of-town members whom I haven't seen either since the Boston Convention last year o,r the United Nations First Day ceremonies in May. Among them were President and Mrs. Joe Eisendrath from Highland Park, Illinois; Dr. Jim Mate­ jka and his family from Oak Park, Illi­ nois; George and Kathryn Kingdom from Conneaut, Ohio; Narcisse Pelle­ Dr. Jim Matejka, Adm. Jesse John­ tier from To.ronto; Dick Keiser from son, Fred Bauer, and our Guest West Lawn, Pennsylvania; "Doc" South­ Speaker, Ben Sherwood, Ge:t:ting Re- gate Leigh with his wife and family acquainted. · THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, OCT OBER, 1964 15 Airs of #he Mon#h Described and Illustrated thro_ugh the courtesy of Nicolas Sanabria Co., Inc. 521 Fifth Avenue. New York. N. Y. 10017

AFGHANISTAN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Girl ~ scouts - stamps & sheets - Tokyo Olympics, set of 4 and min­ perf. & imperf. (10) iature sheet; President Kennedy, single and miniature sheet AUSTRALIA CHILE 50th Anniversary of First Air Mail Definitive - National Airline (1) (2). 1See reports in September issue ECUADOR of the APJ. #436 " OEA 1961 " - overprint BURUNDI late release (1) Wild Animals - perf. & imperf. FRENCH COMMUNITY (14) (Chad. Congo. -Gabon, Niger &

16 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, OCTOBER, 1964 Senegal) Europafrique - 1st Anniversary (5) Lets Al R this out! GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS * * * First Air Service (3). A special re­ port on this set appears elsewhere The fall issue of "Arto-grams" an­ in this month's APJ. nouncing the U.S. and U.N. Dual­ GUATEMALA Buildings (2); President J. F. Ken­ Purpose "Artopages" for 1964, plus nedy (1); N. Y. World's Fair - the 1964 Philatelic Christmas Card overprint (4); Red Cross Issue sur­ charged (4) and Cachet Envelopes will be mailed HAITI free upon request. Winter Olympics - overprint (1); Mothers' Day - overprint (3) * * * LIBERIA Space sheet - imperf. (1) Readers can write either UPPER VOLTA "ARTOPACES", Dept. N. Tokyo Olympics, set of 4 and min­ Woodville, Ohio 43469 iature sheet V·ENEZUELA or Romulo Gallegos (3) Jim Novotny Y·EMEN Clay Center, Ohio 43408 N. Y. World's Fair - stamps & sheet (3) • Cha·pter Sponsors THE CONSTANT Exhibition & Cachet SUPPLEMENT The Suburban Collectors Club of Chi­ cago, Inc., AAMS Chapter #30, has THE AIRMAIL ENTIRE TRUTH designed a very attractive cachet for is the regular 3-times a year news­ the 33rd annual SUPEX '64 Exhibition. letter providing all the advance in­ formation about happenings in the SUPEX '64 will be held November 21- aerogramme field as well as in air­ 22 at the Hinsdale Community House, mail envelopes / airmail postal cards. Hinsdale, Illinois. Thousands of collectors depend on it for accurate reports. They supplement The cachet depicts the 30th anniver­ their knowledge & they profit by it. sary of the first diesel streamliner, The They protect themselves against spur­ Burlington Zephyr. It will be issued in ious issues. It is two colors, one for each day of the show. The envelope will be franked with ;rail­ THE CONSTANT SUPPLEMENT road commemoratives as long as the to their catalogues. and may be supply lasts, and will be given an R.P.O. had entirely free against a supply of cancellation. The Chicago, Burlington 5c stamped & addressed legal size en­ and Quincy Railroad Company has gen­ velopes. erously supplied the Club with printed stuffers honoring the Zephyr. LAVA The cachets may be ordered at 20c The Distributor of the Barbados Error each or $1.00 fo;r six. Orders should be Box 1. Fort George Station sent to Mrs. H. H. Oetjen, 13 Hickory New York, N. Y. 10040 St., Hinsdale, Illinois. THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, OCTOBER, 1964 17 Gilbert and Ellice Islands Honors First: Air Service

The Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colo- • the New South Wales Post Office was ny consists of two main groups of is- stationed there, with a stock of New lands and atolls, sixteen forming the Gil- South Wales postage stamps which he bert Islands and nine the Ellice Islands, affixed to all mail from the Protector­ in the Central Pacific to the north of ate, the stamps not being cancelled till Fiji. It also includes Ocean, islands in the mail reached Sydney. It was not Phoenix group, and three islands known until 1911 that a postal service was es­ as the northern Line Islands, east of the tablished in the Protectorate and the first International Date Line. The seat of issue of stamps was made. The stamps administration is on Tarawa Atoll in we.re permitted to be used in the To­ the Gilbert Islands. kelau or Union Group from 1911 to Europeans appear to have begun to 1926 when those islands were included settle in the islands after 1837 when in the administrative boundaries of New the first known trader is said to have Zealand. arrived, and in 1856 there came the Stamps of the Colony were first used first Christian missiona.ries. Up to 1900, in the Line Islands upon the opening of it would appear that letters were en­ a post office on Christmas Island in trusted to the masters of passing ships, 1939, and at Fanning Island in the usually German traders , who po ted same year, New Zealand stamps having them upon arrival at Jaluit, whe.re been in use since 1902, and at Canton Marshall Islands stamps were affrned to Island upon the establishment of a carry them to their destinations. transpacific aircraft base in 1941, when

The Gilbert Islands were declared a that island, by an exchange of papers, British Protectorate with the agreement became jointly administered by B,ritain of the people in 1892, the Ellice Islands and the United States. being included three years later. The The introduction of a commercial air centre of administration was transferred service providing the first regular link to Ocean Island in 1901. An agent of for the Colony with the outside \vorld, 18 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, OCTOBER, 1964 was considered an event of the utmost Capitals) watermarked paper. The for­ importance and was recorded by the mat of the 3d. and 3/7d. values is ver­ second commemorative set of stamps tical and the 11 - value horizontal, all to be confined to a local theme. measuring 40 mm x 25.71 mm. The Air Service 3d. value - light blue. This design In these remote islands communica­ shows a He,ron aircraft leaving Fiji, tions have already been a major prob­ represented by a group of styli:-:ed lem, particularly with ,regard to the ab­ "high" islands, for the Ellice and sence of any regular means of dispatch­ Gilbert Islands which are indicated ing and receiving mails. The normal by dots in the blue Pacific. route for the bulk of mail coming into 11 - value - deep blue. The horizontal the Colony has for a number of years stamp depicts a common white reef been by phosphate ships which make heron ( Demigretta sacra) in flight be­ frequent voyages from Australia and tween Fiji, shown as in the 3d. value, New Zealand to Ocean Island. Once at and the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Ocean Island the mail has awaited the represented by a stylized atoll. next visit of a Colony vessel before be­ 3/7d. value - pale green. The Heron ing conveyed to Tarawa, from whence motif is repeated in this design by it is distributed throughout the i'lands the aircraft arriving at Tarawa, and by Colony and mission ships. Canton in the addition of a Gilbertese canoe the PhoeniX Group once received regu­ shows the traditional and modern lar airmails when it was a .refueling means of transport in the one design. station for transpacific airliners but these The Philatelic Bureau at the Central have been more erratic since mode,m Post Office, Tarawa, Gilbe,rt and Ellice jet aircraft with greater ranges have Islands, will supply mint stamps and made a mid-ocean stop unnecessary. postmark stamped and addressed covers Christmas Island also enjoyed frequent free of any service charge. For details mail until the closing of the R.A.F. base write to the Bureau. Our thanks to Ken there earlier this year. Sanford for the first day-flight cover The new air service operated by Fiji shown here. While there is no positive Airways, using De Haviland Heron air­ evidence that it was .flown "first flight" craft now provides a fortnightly service Ken advises that the early date of re­ between Fiji and Tarawa. Leaving Suva ceipt by him would indicate air dis­ on Monday, July 20, 1964, the first patch. scheduled flight completed the first leg • of the journey to Funafuti in the Ellice 20-MINUTE MAIL DELIVERY Islands where an overnight stop was BY ROCKET IS PLANNED made before continuing to Tarawa the ROME-Italian and French enginee.rs next day. The aircraft returned on Wed­ are working on a rocket that they hope nesday, July 22, calling again at Funa­ will deliver mail between western Eu­ futi, but continuing to Suva the same ropean cities in 20 minutes. day. The commemorative stamps were The interested companies are Breda placed on sale throughout the Colony Meccanica Bresciana and the French en­ on the date of the inaugural flight f.rom terprise Engines Matra. Fiji, July 20, and First Day Covers were Mail by rocket has been tried experi­ also cancelled on that day ( one is illus­ mentally in the United States, but it has trated here) . yet to become commercially operational. Commemorative Stamp Designs A Breda engineer said the project was The new stamps were designed by "another example of the way we are Mrs. D. H. Barwick, a gifted amateur working toward European unity." artist who resides in the Colony. Three "There is only one thing we fear," he values comprise this attractive set and added, "The craze and excitement the they are printed in offset lithography plan might cause among philatelists. by Enschede en Zonen of Holland, in Some stamp collectors already asked us sheets of sixty on Crown CA (Block for 'bookings' on the first flight." THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, OCTOBER, 1964 19 • September 5, rn64 It is a pleasure for me to present my hrst annual report as President of the American Air Mail Society. I feel that the Society has progressed somewhat al­ though I would have liked to have seen it show growth in membership rather than even a small decline. I have been somewhat alarmed at the dwindling membership and have made seve.ral steps to rectify this situation. Normally there is an attrition of 10% in membership due to people no longer collecting, lack of interest and death. They normally are replaced by new collectors but such does not seem to have been our case this year. We do not seem to be able to lure collectors into aero­ philately as readily as might have been the case a few years back. Some might say that ou.r hobby has reached old age and that progress in aviation and philately has taken a different and less interesting pattern. Others will say that our particular philatelic interest is only a small splinter that competes with other specialties of collecting. On the other hand, if one. is collecting for a profit, I have seen, on the whole, a general increase in prices for material, especially of the choice type that, so far, infrequently appears at auctions. I have felt that the reprinting of our cata­ logues and the interest in space mail would attract people to our hobby but, some­ how, the answer seems to have eluded us. We have, during the past year, prepa,red a set of slides and tape recordings which have crossed the country six or seven times for presentation at local stamp meetings. This entire program was prepared by Dick Keise,r who has refused to ac­ cept any reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses. You will be interested in one example of philatelic cooperation·. It seems that the tape had been scratched by one of the users. Fortunately, before it was made available to the meeting of Ae.ro Philatelists, Inc., Albert Sidney Cohen of that organization, took the trouble to go through it. He retaped the entire reel and has not responded to repeated requests for the costs involved. I would say that cer­ tainly is a splendid gesture of cooperation. Membership applications sent along with this mate.rial do not seem to have produced any tangible benefits as far as new members are concerned. We have stepped up our policy of awarding certificates for participation in stamp shows on different local, regional and state ·levels and have even given our gold medals for the large international shows. If nothing else, this has continued to keep our name before the stamp-collecting public. I think that, perhaps, our weakest point is an almost complete lack of plan­ ning for a public relations program that would continuously keep our name before collectors. I would very much like to find some member who makes his living in the promotion and public ,relations business who might suggest a program to carry this out. The Society was honored by being invited to participate in the ceremonies' at the United Nations on May 1st for the issuance of new, definitive 15 and 25- cent air mail stamps. Our ve,ry pleasant luncheon was nicely attended. A Membership Recruiting Committee, headed by Horace Westbrooks, was

20 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, OCTOBER, 1964 appointed and has exchanged suggestions with its members and your President, but, somehow or other, has not taken off the ground. Robert Haring has taken over the editorship of The Airpost Journal from me and has done an extremely creditable job, in my opinion, of continuing an a.r­ duous task trying to present news and information of interest to most everybody. We have had fine cooperation from the printers - The Albion News - and you will note in recent issues that the quality of the magazine, by reason of a bette,r paper, has become noticeable (although it costs us a little bit more). I have noted that with the August issue a fifth Supplement to the American Air Mail Catalogue has appeared. The matter of reprinting these Supplements and, eventually, a fourth volume .for the Catalogue, has been under discussion by the Publications Committee. I have been pleased with the sale of the reprinted Cata­ logues which has continued well during the past year. Although intangible in natu.re, I think the results from having the Hospital­ ity Lounge at the INTERPEX Show, March 6, certainly added to the public's con­ sciousness of the AAMS. Much literature was handed out and many collectors were made aware of the Society and what it does. Donald E. Dickason of Sarasota, Florida, in his next auction, will distribute approximately 2,500 membership applications. Inasmuch as his catalogues go direct­ ly to the people we would like to have as membe,rs, this cooperation on his part should certainly be fruitful for recruiting. Although wie are not members of FISA we have continued to support their work and have. again this year sent a check for $25.00 for thei.r use. Dr. Matejka, who will attend their meeting later this month in Europe, will take the Society's gold medal to be awarded to an exhibitor there. Dr. Matejka has been extremely helpful to me with his advice as a Past President as well as his unfailing promptness in getting out news release to the philatelic press. The Advance Bulletin Service continues to serve members well and Manager Paul Bugg is to be complimented for his devotion to the Society in taking care of that function. During the year the Society has maintained good relationships with the Post Office Departments of the United States and the United Nations and with the vari­ ous airlines. We ate thankful to Stanley Hodziewich, Chief, Philatelic Sta:ff, United States Post Office, for the very interesting display shown here and for the Conven­ tion Station post office. Tom Cleme~ts, chief of the United Nations Postal Adminis­ tration has been extremely cooperative and has indicated the willingness of his or­ ganization to be at our se.rvice whenever we have something that relates to their function. Pan Ame,rican World Airways has graciously donated ten attractive door prizes and we appreciate that nice gesture. Sam Goldsticker has again taken on the somewhat distasteful job, in my o­ pinion, of conducting the Society's benefit auctions and I wish to thank him for his efforts in that direction and for many othe.r favors granted. Certainly John and Ruth Smith cannot be thanked enough for the entirely thankless job of acting as the business-end of the Society. Careful, cautious people, they have acted as a balance when your president comes up with an idea or two way out in the wild blue yonder. The Society owes a debt of gratitude to these fine people which extends much further than wo,rds can express. I also wish to offer my personal thanks to member Stanley J. Blazewski of Roselle, New Jersey, through whose efforts and certainly through whose expense, members were favored with the early issues of the 80c air mail booklet which a.re THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, OCTOBER, 1964 21 not quite the same as those on sale here today. For those who collect such items it may be well worth having. For many years Lester Manning has served the Society by giving countless hours of his time to the production of cl;rawings, maps and, 'especially, to the letter­ ing of various certificates. Recently, in spite of ill health, he has continued to serve our Society well and I wish to publicly thank him for his untiring devotion that has spread out over so many years. Florence Kleinert, unfortunately, does not have too demanding a job as chai.r­ man of the Chapter Committee. It would be wonderful if we could activate more chapters and make her job a little bit harder. We know she has tried but the chem­ istry just isn't there. I wish to thank her for all her efforts and certainly wish to thank the other part of that team, Herman Kleinert, for his continued devotion to probably the most frustrating job the Society can offer - that of Sales Manager. F,rom time to time I have been able to pick up some nice material through Herman's efforts and if members have not tried our sales service, they are missing a good bet. And for the end, I have saved my special thanks for two oldtimers, George Kingdom and Bart Gatohell. These two men have served the Society well over many, many yea.rs and they have been especially helpful to me as elder statesmen. You might be interested to know that at one point, not so many months ago, they be­ came alarmed at what they thought was likely to be a se.rious deviation on my part .from the way they felt the Society should be operated. The result was that these gentlemen took upon themselves the trouble and expense of visiting me at my of­ fice to clarify the situation which, fortunately I am glad to say, never materialized. They have both served the Society in so many capacities that they a,re thoroughly familiar with its affairs. I am delighted to see Bart, who was so desperately ill this year, back with us and getting along famously. This then is my report. As I said in the beginning, I am not satisfied with it and wish it could have been more glowing and optimistic but I think that with co­ operation and ideas from many members, this Society can progress and grow. It cannot do it by my efforts alone. I need everybody's help. By everybody taking a small part, the big machine gets completed. Joseph L. Eisendrath

Fiji to Issue Three 25th Anniversary Air Mail Commemoratives On October 24, Fiji will release three will impress cachets in violet and a stamps to commemorate the .first ai.r­ special flight is to be flown in eaoh di­ mail flight from Suva to Tonga on Oc­ rection between Fiji and Tonga. tober 22, 1939. The Fiji covers will be combined The values will be 3d., 6d. and 1/. first day issue/ special flight. Tonga cov­ They will show the original 1939 flying e.rs will be postmarked at Nuku'alofa. boat "Aotearoa" and today's "Herons" Both are being serviced by special phil­ used by Fiji Airways. atelic agents: Pacific Flights, Box 954, On the morning of October 24 this Adelaide, South Australia. Costs are highly regarded Pacific airline will fly $1.75 for the two covers sent to your anniverna,ry airmail to Fiji. address, with two different miniature A three-color die stamped cover is sheets enclosed therein. being provided and a miniature sheet of Closing date is October 17, so send­ four, two-color semi-officials with im­ ing by air is necessary. Money o.rders prints will be released. The Post Office or bank notes a.re acceptable. 22 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, OCTOBER, 1964 By Michael P. Codd Jet Jottings 35 Lander Ave., Staten Island, N.Y. 10314

On Panagra's .recent jet flight from • at Tripoli, July 1, at 18 hours ( 6 p.m.). Quito, collectors were not aware that But New York A.M.F. refused to back­ the airline had prepared some covers stamp these covers. On the other hand, for the benefit of collectors. Most col- the District Transportation Manager of lectors were able to obtain covers f.rom TWA at Tripoli w,rote to me stating "I Miami to Quito, but it was the return regret to say that our state of organiza­ flight covers from Quito that some of tion for our inaugural flight was not such us found difficult to obtain. as to permit us to accede to your re- Panagra prepared covers that were quest. In fact the necessary staff for flown from Quito to Lima, Quito to Pan- the opening flight ar.rived the evening ama, Quito to Miami and Quito to New before, and we had no opportunity for York. Covers flown to the last three correspondence due to the vast amount points were cancelled at Quito July 3 of technical details that had to be. ar­ and were backstamped at Panama City ranged." July 4, a.m.; at Miami July 3, p.m.; and LAN-Chilean Airlines had announced at Kennedy A.M.F. July 4, a.m., respec- various dates for its inaugural Cara­ tively. The dispatch to Lima is somewhat velle jet flight from Montevideo, U.ru­ puzzling since it was cancelled at Quito guay; Santiago, Chile; Lima, Peru; on July 2 and backstamped at Lima July Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Panama 3. All of these received a cachet similar to Miami. Finally on August 20, the to the one illulitrated in our column in inauguration took place with no Post the August Journal, except of course Office cachet at Miami. that each cachet shows the respective Jet covers were sent to the Miami country to which the cover was flown. G.P.O. and A.M.F. with instructions for The cacheted cover from Quito to New covers to be flown to each of the a­ York was a surprise since the Miami to hove-mentioned countries. Once again New York leg of this· route is actually we were disappointed when our covers flown by National Airlines. were returned, except for those marked A limited supply of these four cov- for Santiago. We were told that the Mi­ ers postma.rked at Quito and also the ami Post Office had instructions to give dispatches from Miami A.M.F., can be philatelic consideration only to those obtained by writing to Panagra Phila- covers marked for Santiago. We have telic Service, 135 East 42nd Street, New written to the Miami Postmaster for an York, N. Y. 10017. Please enclose 25 explanation, but so far have received cents for each cover requested. Un- no reply. fortunately the covers posted at Quito On the inaugural trip northbound no are not the usual 6% size airmail en- one seems to have received any covers velope, but instead a.re all-white en- from any of the five countries receiving velopes, 9¥2" by 4%". jet service. My covers that were sent to On July 1, TWA inaugurated jet serv- the Canal Zone in Panama were re­ ice to Tripoli, Libya, from New York. turned with a note saying that "there Since there was no Post Office cachet is not any first flight se.rvice to Miami for this inaugural, collectors once again by LAN-Chilean." experienced the unpredictability of the On my covers sent to the Postmaster New York Post Office. Covers that were at Panama City, a real odd one re­ sent to the G.P.O. and Kennedy A.M.F. sulted. The covers were properly can­ we,re returned with a notation that "this celled on August 20, but received no Mi­ was not a philatelic flight." Meaning ami backstamp. However they were giv- what? en a double cachet that read "Inaugura- Some collectors received covers posted (Continued on Page 28) THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, OCTOBER, 1964 23 Froni the Editor's Desk. . . . Demarest, New Jersey September 5, 1964 As we write this, we have been "at the Editor's desk" for a little over a year and have assembled, sweated over, cursed at, and managed to see to the printers fourteen issues of The Airpost Journal containing some 388 pages of aerophilatelic material (including one 16-page Catalogue Supplement). In preparing this report for the 4lst Anniversary Convention we felt that a b.rief review of the past, as well as mention of some of the problems we face in the year ahead, would be in order. In the past year your Journal changed little in general appearance, the main and important exception to this being the ,recent change in paper stock, resulting in better illustrations and sharper contrast. We feel that our covers, while perhaps a bit simpler than in the past, have been of interest. As for content there have been a few changes - mainly the addition of a new column on Jet Flights by Michael Codd, a "personal" column by Vice Presi­ dent Sam Goldsticker, and one· on Argentine Airposts by Augusto Bousquet. Of course, the pen of our prolific Dr. Kronstein has kept writing for us and we hope it never ceases! Among our many contributors ove.r the past year we must mention in particular splendid cooperation from Bill Ware, Florence Kleinert, and Bill Wynn. Our advertising has held its own. One major ;dve.rtiser expanded his space while we regretfully lost another. The Classified Page has been quite active with paid ads in almost every issue in addition to our members' free ones. vVe'd like to see all our members use their free ads and help each othe,r. The Ad Page of the APJ is for you - why not send in your coupons and use it?? We have had comments both pro and con concerning our reprinting of some articles from older issues of the Journal. Our feeling was that when important an­ niversaries were to be marked we should provide reports of the events being cele­ brated and we found no better source for the news from "back when'.' than our own magazine. Besides, how many of our 1000-plus members have read the Journals from the 1930's? Our general policy is not to fill pages with reprints, but where they fit, we'll use them. Now .fo.r a look ahead. We need help in certain areas to make the magazine better and if any member feels he can aid us in any of the following areas, please let us know: A regular columnist-associate editor to write an up-to-date, monthly airmail issue column (Airs of the Month expanded). This is a big job and needs someone with plenty of time to dig out news and go through piles of releases from Post Office Departments, etc. An Assistant Edito.r-Feature Writer to write and/or rewrite fea­ ture articles on current stories as assigned by the Editor. Your Editor is one person and can't adequately cover all of the fast-breaking aero­ philatelic events and do a good job. Advertising Salesmen - We need mo.re display ads and would like to see at least three more full pages of ads in the Journal on a regular basis. No, we're not dreaming. Maybe you can sell an ad! Rate cards are available on request. We hope to be able to obtain some help in the "Art Department" in the nea.r future to help with cover layouts, feature column headings, etc. For ourselves

24 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, OCTOBER, 1964 our aim is to have an Editorial at least every other month, depending on the avail­ able items worthy of comment. We have had many things we've wanted to comment on in the past year but have just not had the time to put our thoughts down in print and assemble the Journal besides. If we can secure two or three additional willing and able assistants our job will be easie.r and we hope your magazine will be better and more enjoyable read­ ing for you. Ending our ifirst year, we must not forget the ever-present fiscal problems. Along with our new paper stock went a general printing cost increase; to balance this we have the .recent dues increase and slightly higher advertising rates, passed last year. However, with much Catalogue material to be published in the corning year, the budget needs to he watched closely lest we be forced to cut the size of our magazine, the thought of which is repugnant to us. So get new members and new advertisers, and if you can help us, let us know NOVV! Robert E . Haring

Matthews' U.S. Airposts to be Auctioned

Unique Jupiter Balloon Letter to • portion of the sheet. A realization in ex­ Come Under Hammer for the ces of $10,000 i expected for the copy First Time whioh catalogues $12,500. What is considered to be the fin es t Other rarities in the auction include group of U nit~ d States Airpost ,rarities two tete-beche pairs and a single of will be auctioned on the evening of the 1877 Buffalo Balloon 5c adhesive, ovember 4th, when H. R. Harmer, th e unique unused copy of the Cal Rod- Inc. will offer th e collection formed by AAMS member Thomas · A. Matthews of Spring.field, Ohio. Instructions were given by Mr. Mat­ thews to Hanner's some time ago but the announcement of the p.roposed sale has only just been released by Bernard Harmer, the President of the New York House of the International Auctioneers. The only envelope that has been dis­ covered from the mail that was carried on the first official United States Ai.r­ rnail, the balloon Jupiter from Lafayette to Crawfordsville, Indiana, will be of­ fered at auction for the first time. Al­ most a century elapsed between the time of the flight, 1859, and the find­ ing of the letter duly inscribed "Via gers 25c adhesive prepared for his Vin Balloon Jupiter" (as required by the Fiz flight across the United States, and Regulations). The enclosu.re from a La­ also one of the four copies used on a fayette resident draws attention to tihe post ca.1'd. "new and novel way of sending letters." 24c Inverted Center Proofs and ·Essays Top price in the auction i expected Particularly Strong to be not for .the Jupiter letter but for Particular empha is was gi en by Mr. the very fine example of the ever-popu­ Matthews to Proof and Essays and the lar 1918 "24 cent invert." Mr. Matthews' selection of large Die Proofs and Color copy comes from the better-centered (Continued on Inside Back Cover) THE AIRP OST JOURNAL, OCTOBER, 1964 25 AAMS CONVENES - THE p,EQPLE THERE - (Continued from Page 14) (Continued from Page 15) World's Fair and am10unced that a the U.S. Post Office Dept. and Ben group of members would meet to go to Sherwood of American Airlines with the Fair on the following day, Sunday, their charming wives. September 6. This brought Saturday's Unfortunately, many membe.rs who events to a close except for the inevita­ regularly attend our conventions each ble "bull sessions" and partying with yea.r were unable to attend this year. various groups which went on until the Among those we really missed were "wee hours." We suspect that more got Grace Conrath; Paul Bugg; Mr. and done informally on Saturday night than Mrs. Lester Manning ( M.rs. Manning all afternoon at the Business Meetings! has been quite ill); Bob Murch ... who Sunday was our day at the New York was tied up with railroad problems ( did World's Fair 1964-1965. However, many you know that Bob was one of the ma­ of the Convention attendees had al­ jor stockholders of the St. Louis Zoo ;ready been to the Fair, either on pre­ Railroad Corporation); Mr. and Mrs. vious trips to New York or on F.riday Raubenheimer; Herbert Brandner; Syd­ and Saturday, so the planned group ney Lazarus; Mr. and Mrs. George Lee; shrunk to eight people, which divided H. E. Harris; D. Thomas Clements and upon our arrival at Flushing Mea­ Abraham Sterman of the United Na­ dow. Florence and Herman Kleinert left tions; Bill Alley; and others. the group to tour the Fair on their own, The special exhibit sponsored by the while their son, Bruce, went to see the United States Post Office Dept.; the Mets play in Shea Stadium. The Smiths United Nations Postal Administration; and Kingdoms departed for home on and Pan Ame,rican World Airways (rep­ Sunday, having been to the Fair on resented by our member Fred Bauer) Thursday and Friday, before the Con­ was one of the finest of its kind ever vention opened. Therefore, the AAMS presented at a convention. The U.S. group touring the Fair was composed P. 0. D. showed uncut sheets, proofs, of Past P,resident and Mrs. Gatchell, Mr. drawings, etc. of various airmail stamps; and Mrs. Hodziewich, Director Arthur the United Nations likewise had a dis­ Schmidt, and your editor. Where were play of airmail stamps; aBd PAA showed all you others? We had a most enjoy­ various FAM's from the transpacific, able day, starting off with a visit to the Caribbean, and especially the trans­ Post Office where we met Perry Zwis­ atlantic route, from the 1920's to date. le.r and his wife who had gotten an Many members were intrigued by this earlier start than we. Then we went on fine showing of philatelic material. to A T & T, Clairol (ladies only), Gen­ Following the Convention, Doc Mate­ eral Electric, Johnson's Wax, the Vatican jka flew to Europe and the FISA meet­ Pavilion, American Express, Coca Cola ing in London; Bart and Connie Gat­ and Illinois, eating dinner at the Eng­ chell flew to Bermuda; and others took lish Pub and staying just long enough short vacation trips. to see the fireworks. Upon our return to the hotel via the fast Long Island On Sunday many of our convention­ Rall;road train we learned that the Fair e;rs attended the World's Fair. Your had had a record attendance for a Sun­ columnist wrote a special edition of day. This was rather obvious to us hav­ "Uncle Sam Sez" advising the best ex­ ing noted the long lines at some of the hibits to see at the Fair, those exhibits more popular exhibits and stood in with philatelic or aviation displays, etc. some of them ourselves. Even though This special travel folder will be re­ our feet were a bit tired and it had been vised for the 1965 edition of the Fair a warm day we did enjoy it. Our "good and those interested in obtaining a copy nights" brought the final 1964 Con­ can write me for it. vention activity to a close. Plan now to attend our 1965 Con­ (Continued on Inside Back Cover) vention in Chicago! 26 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, OCTOBER, 1964 Airport Dedications By Willilam T. Wynn, Jr. - 13537 Rockdale, Detroit, Milch. 48223

~he ;recent re-activation of Midway • erations for the Forest Service in the Airport, Chicago, has resulted in a num­ Pacific No,rthwest Region and as a train­ ber of inquiries regarding its recogni­ ing base fo;r "smoke jumpers." tion as a rededication. The airport had The Chamber of Commerce, Hutchin­ never been dosed to private aviation son, Kansas, has graciously consented to and commercial ca;rgo traffic. Its de­ forward the covers which they received activated status applied to scheduled in error to Hutchinson, Minnesota. The passenger flights after these were trans­ dedication at the latter city has been ferred to O'Hare because of that field's postponed until the spring of 1965. longer jet runways. Consequently the Coming events - send cove.rs to the resumption of a few passenger flights Chambers of Commerce: Springfield, at Midway does not qualify this event S. D.; Seeley Lake, Montana; Cottage as an official rededication. It's what the Grove, Ore.; Central City, Neb.; Lees­ cachet stated - a reactivation. burg, Virginia. We didn't believe it when we fi;rst The supply of postal cards on hand for heard it but Pan American World Air­ my advance notice service is rather low, ways has confirmed that it will con­ so send in more if you want this f.ree struct the first real heliport on top of service; also send addressed envelopes an airline terminal building at John F. with airmail postage. I'll appreciate your Kennedy lnt';)rnational Airport. Not sending all information and leads about me,rely a landing pad on a roof, this new airports directly to me for the ben­ heliport will accomodate two large heli­ efit of all "ded" collectors. copters simultaneously, and there will be three elevators for passengers and baggage. Travel time to the 59-story The Largest heliport on top of the Pan-Am Building And Most Comprehensive Stock in mid-Manhattan will be only seven Of minutes. The dedication is anticipated next year. Watch this column for future Aero grammes developments. In The World The U.S. Coast Cua.rd commissioned a heliport at the former Tongue Point -o- Naval Station, Oregon, August 14. Sor­ J:y, but this one got by without advance A NEW ISSUE SERVICE notice. SECOND TO NONE Dedications reported and still be­ Ask For Details Today ing checked out: August -o- 1-2 McCall, Idaho Up-To-Date Check List 9 Winstead, Minn. 14 Victoria, B. C., Canada Free On Request 16 Bonners Ferry, Idaho 16 Prospect, Ore. -0- 22-23 Grand Forks, N. D. 29 Redmond, Ore. WALTER R. GUTHRIE P. 0. Box 390 The Redmond Air Center was dedi­ cated jointly by rhe city of Redmond TUCSON, ARIZONA and the U.S. Forestry Service. This air­ 85702 port will serve as the hub of aerial op- THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, OCTOBER, 1964 27 OFFICIAL SECTION AMERICAN AIR MAIL SOCIETY

MONTHLY REPORT From the Secretary Ruih T. Smith, 102 Arbor Road, Cinnaminson, New Jersey 08077 October L 1964 NEW MEMBERS 5140 Cravea, Evaristo M., P.O. Box 1114, Hollister, Calif. 95023 5141 Ahrens, Earl G., 28 Allen Rd., Granby, Conn. 06035 5142 Sloan, E. P. (W/C), 563 Broadview Ave., Ottawa 13, Canada 5143 Merkel, Stanley, 12322 Flamingo Lane, Bowie, Md. 20715 5144 Brady, William, 1160 Nyala Ave., Reno, Nevada 5145 Peck, Harold L., 113 Ross Ave., Emerson, N. ;J. 07630 5146 Pearson, Stephen, 1825 E. Boston Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 19125 NEW APPLICATIONS Faatz, Harold W., 840 Benton St., Anoka, Minn. 55303. Age: 50, Self~Empl. AM AU By: R. T. Smith Lenz, Frederico A., 248 W. 74th St., New York, N. Y. 10023. Age: 34, Bank Clerk. AU X By: R. T. Smith Stetson, George W., III, 10 Parker Drive, Hingham, Mass. 02043. Age: 33, Mech. Engr. AM ;JF HF PC HC Z lD X By: ;Jesse ;Johnson Beisiegel, Robert, 2635 Peters Rd., Dexter, Mich. 48130. Age: 29, Fruit Grower. ;JF HC GF CAM FAM OF DC lD - ;JFK FDC X By: S. Reinhard Goldmann, Stephen M., 99-06 58th Ave., Rego Park, N. Y. 11368. Age: 27, Supervisor. ;JF HF PC HC FF GF CAM FAM OF DC CF lD X By: W. Wynn Shanower, Robert A., 130 S. State St., Kendallville, Ind. 46755. Age: 61, Ret'd. Teacher. ;JF HF PC HC PB EL FF GF CAM FAM RP OF Z CF lD PIX By: R. T. Smith Kobzeff, ;John N., 4448 E. 55th St., Maywood, Calif. 90270. Age: 26, Postal Clerk. AM ;JF HF CAM FAM lD X By: R. T. Smith Schulz, ;John, Rt. 4, Box 163, Wausau, Wisc. Age: 38, Pharmacist. AM AU X By: R. T. Smith Watson, Stanley D., 444 W. 66th St., .Jacksonville, Fla. 32208. Age: 22, IBM Super. & Dealer. AM ;JF FF CAM FAM DC lD By: w. Wynn DECEASED 537 Tedesche, Leon, Miami, Fla. 3115 Markhoff, Henry, Kearny, N. ;J. NEW ADDRESSES 4782 Malott, R. K. (F/Lt.), RCAF Air Weapons Unit, CAPO 5047, Belleville, Ont., Can- a~ • 5049 Mendelson, Burton G., 4133 N. ;Jokake Dr., Scottsdale, Ariz. 85251 4828 Augustin, Erwin C., 630 N. Short St., Mayville, Wisc. 53050 4450 Borkstrom, Eric I., 6511 Ridge Cliff Rd., Louisville, Ky. 40228 4837 Ernstein, Ralph, 14249 Sherman Way, Apt. 22, Van Nuys, Calif. 4913 Hard, Elba G .. 14 Poinsettia Ave., Apt. 18, San Mateo, Calif. 94403 LM75 Meyer, Arnold I., P.O. Box 19804, Los Angeles, Calif. 90019 3761 Figuccio, ;Joseph ;r., 1858 Bath Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 11214 2939 Owen, Paul K., 1447 Stanley Terr., Hillside, N. ;J. 07205 LMlOO Lee, Chester E., 6933 La ;Jolla Blvd., La ;Jolla, Calif. 92037 5114 Strauss, William T., (Dr.), Rensselaerville, Albany County, N. Y. 12147 4857 Mathieson, Alfred H., 285 Shays St., Amherst, Mass. 01002 3663 Harris, William F., Box 65, Poland, Ohio

JET JOTTINGS - Trans World Airlines was to inaugu­ (Continued from Page 23) rate Convair 880 jet airmail service at Amarillo, Texas, and Wichita, Kansas on tion Jet Se,rvice Panama to Houston via October 6. · Braniff International Airways." I sent one of these covers to the Postmaster An official cachet was to be applied to at Panama City for an explanation. So covers transported on the first jet flight far no reply. Other letters sent to this from each city, with the usual philatelic Postmaster have been in vain, as he treatment provided. This information is usually does not reply to letters sent too late for reade,rs to send covers; how­ to him - at least not to mine. ever, it was announced by our Advance Next month, I may have more in­ Bulletin Service. We hope to have cov­ formation on this inaugural. Maybe? er reports in our next column. Adios. 28 THE AIRPOST ;JOURNAL, OCTOBER, 1964 AAMS EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT APJ ADS BUY - SELL - WANT LISTS

RATES KENNEDY TOGO overprints (Scott 473-4). FIVE CENTS PER WORD per insertion. Complete sheets of 25 with black mourn­ Minimum charge $1.50. Remittance must ing border for any 5 US 5c plate blox. accompany order and copy. The Airpost Arbetter, 5319 N. Bernard St., Chicago, Journal, 242 Hardenburgh Avenue, De­ Ill. 60625. *413 marest, New Jersey 07627. HAVE "Kennedy" Assasination cover, PUBLICATIONS cancelled in Dallas on that terrible day. What am I offered? Dolin, 31 Park Row, NYC 10038. DID YOU GET your copies of new re­ prints of Volume I & II of Airmail Cata­ SCADTA, Canary Islands, Venezuela arms, lor,ues? They are going ~ast . . . Order yours from: George D. Kmgdom, Box 37, Zeppelins, etc. offered in exchange for Conneaut, Ohio. Price $6.25 each ($6.50 your better airs before 1940. Orjan Luning, overseas). Volume III still available at Odengatan 11, Stockholm, Sweden. $6.25. EXCHANGE - Adhesive air baggage or freight labels. Up to three of a kind. FOR SALE Douglas A. Walker, 21 Macmillan Avenue, C2shmere Hills, Christchurch 2, New Zealand. 6 3/4 AIRMAIL ENVELOPES, Barber Pole design, 24 lb. substance, Parchment Stock, 100% Rag Content. Finest quality! Prices EXCHANGE: I will give Egypt Air Mails & Samples Fifteen Cents. Milton Ehrlich, against 1965 Catalogs and philatelic ma­ 34-15A 31st Avenue, Long Island City, terials. Please write first, Abdel Hamid New York 11106, Member AAMS *418 El-Itriby, P.O. Box 218, Port Said, U.A.R.

VENEZUELA MINT or CTO: C545-554 c $5.90; C527-535 $3.60; C776-778 $1.20; C753- MATTHEWS AUCTIONED - 755 $2.90. Colombia San. #19-25 $75 each (Continued from Page 25) unused. The book (silver medal, PHIL­ ATEC PARIS 1964) "The Airpost of Co­ Trials is exceptional; many of the items lombia" - $6, by registered airmail with Venezuela C269 as postage. Personal are the proofs "officially approved" by checks accepted. Eugenio Gebauer, A­ the Postmaster General at the time, Har­ partado 953, Caracas, Venezuela. *414 ,ry S. New. A set of large Die Proofs of WANTED and EXCHANGE the Zeppelin set is expected to create particular attention. WANTED - Flight cover on flight from Seattle, Wash. to Victoria, British Colum­ A copy of the auction catalogue which bia, dated March 3, 1919, carried by Pilot Edward Hubbard with William E. Boe­ is expected to be pµblished around Oc­ ing as a passenger. Will purchase or tober 1 can be reserved by writing to trade. Harry Held, 150 So. Middleneck Road, Great Neck, N.Y. H. IL Harmer, Inc. at 6 W. 48th St., New York, N.Y. 10036. BALBO, Zeppelin and other covers, also rare stamps of Italy, Colonies, San Mar­ ino, Vatican, bought at high prices by specialist. Dr. A. Sorrentino, 1923 Coun­ AAMS CONVENES - tyline, Villanova. Pa. *414 (Continued from Page 26) WHO HAS C.A.M. 77 Tacoma to Seattle On Monday mo,rning we departed the cover of October 27, 1963? Write me, tel­ Statler-Hilton after saying goodbyes to ling Seattle time backstamp. Editor· Per­ ry Nahl, 2014 Lincoln, E\l'anston, Illinois. a few AAMS'ers still remaining includ­ ing Bart Gatchell and the Kleinerts. WILL EXCHANGE my thanks for your name if you are a buyer of airpost covers . Back to Demarest to rest up and enjoy at auction. Some fine material upcoming! Herman Herst, Shrub Oak, New York. the Labor Day holiday before getting back to work both a:t our job on Tues­ UNITED NATIONS AEROGRAMMES - Will buy, sell or exchange first flights, day and. on the Journal and this article Arctic, Antarctic or other unusual usage. late.r on. We enjoyed this year's Conven­ R. E. Rusch, 26 Family Lane, Levittown, New York 11756. tion and invite everyone, especially those who have never attended one, to come WANTED: Used foreign airmails, job­ lots, mixtures, collections, sets. Send with to the 42nd Anniversary Convention in your best price or for my offer. Joseph the "Windy City" in 1965. See you J. Figuccio, 1858 Bath Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11214. *414 there! WHITE ACE albums are styled for the collector look­ ing for a quality product. Only the finest of materials go into their making. Next time you're looking for an album, make it a WHITE ACE ALBUM ... the bet­ ter kind. You'll find them at better stamp shops every­ where.

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